Acts and Regulations

F-14.1 - Fish and Wildlife Act

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Offences respecting bows and crossbows
43.1Every person commits an offence who has in his or her possession in a resort of wildlife one of the following firearms or projectiles:
(a) a bow having a draw weight of less than 10 kg at or before 70 cm draw;
(b) a crossbow that is not equipped with a mechanical trigger safety device;
(c) a crossbow that has limbs fixed across a stock having a draw weight of less than 68 kg;
(d) a crossbow that has an attached mechanical device that holds the bow at full or partial draw having a draw weight of less than 10 kg;
(e) a bolt or an arrow that is coated in part or in whole with a poisonous substance or is designed to explode, the point of which is barbed or equipped with a ripper or the head of which has a blade that is barbed or is less than 20 mm at the widest point.
2011, c.10, s.3; 2019, c.12, s.11
Offences respecting bows and crossbows
43.1Every person commits an offence who has in his or her possession in a resort of wildlife one of the following firearms or projectiles:
(a) a bow having a draw weight of less than 10 kg at or before 70 cm draw;
(b) a crossbow that is not equipped with a mechanical trigger safety device;
(c) a crossbow that has limbs fixed across a stock having a draw weight of less than 68 kg;
(d) a crossbow that has an attached mechanical device that holds the bow at full or partial draw having a draw weight of less than 10 kg;
(e) a bolt or an arrow that is coated in part or in whole with a poisonous substance or is designed to explode, the point of which is barbed or equipped with a ripper or the head of which has a blade that is barbed or is less than 20 mm at the widest point.
2011, c.10, s.3